Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-11-26 | Page 4 | Weber Club Committee

WEBER CLUB CO&ITvIITTEE. The Weber club, in its investigation of coal prices and rj tracing the cause of the present exorbitant charges for fuel, should proceed entirely independent of the proposed investigation in Salt Lake, because be-cause there is evidence that th? Salt Lake Herald's loud sounding fight is not intended to be pushed to a final conclusion, but has for its object politics, profit and power. The committee named by the club is an excellent one. The men are reliable and they are capable of probing to the bottom for facts. They should start with the local dealers and go on through to the mines, demanding to know why coal is selling in Ogden a3 high as $6.60 a ton. The miners, the mine operators, the railroads and the local coal dealers should be given an opportunity to explain. After those explanations ex-planations have been obtained, then the Weber club should be in a position to fix responsibility for the advance in the price of coal from $4.50 a few years ago to $6.50 today. With the legislature about to convene, this is an excellent time to inquire into the coal problem and then appeal to the legislature for relief.